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  • Northern Illinois United Methodist Conference Urges: Homosexuality/bisexuality "gift of God"

    06/15/2003 12:18:19 PM PDT · by aruanan · 146 replies · 455+ views
    Methodist Federation for Social Action | June 6, 2003 | Rev. Bob Campbell, Legislative Coordinator> Coordinator
    Highlights of text: ...human sexuality is a good gift of God... ...homosexuality, heterosexuality and bi-sexuality all share that gift... ...we commit to proclaim that homosexual orientation (no less or more than heterosexual orientation) can be compatible with Christian teaching... We encourage clergy to preach this from our pulpits ... ...we encourage lay people to teach it in our Sunday school classes and tell it to our children... ...we affirm that loving, monogamous, intimate relationships between persons of the same or opposite gender, are an expression of God's love... ...we affirm that persons of all sexual orientations are equally called to...